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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Monywise, -vis(e, -wys, adv. [Cf. ME. many wyse (15th c.).] In many ways or respects, many times over. — 1375 Barb. v. 78 (E).
His menye sa ner ws lyis, That ws dispytis mony wys [C. vis] Ib. 269. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 817.
Thu ma se, Hou fele folk in this cunctre Are ȝet habandonyt mony wise To mak till mawmentis seruice c1420 Wynt. v. 5029.
That bettyr had bene mony wys For till have made thare wont serwys To the Gottys than [etc.] Ib. vii. 2769. Ib. ix. 1062 (C).
How that angris mony wise In til al tyme mycht rysse of were 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 413.
I saw … Veluot robbis … Dames, satyne, begaryit mony wise 1586 Cal. Sc. P. VIII. 486.
Monyvise hathe it bene spokin of … how hir majestie … micht be satisfeit